Frasi di Rick Riordan

“Annabeth mi guardò torva, come se stesse per mollarmi un pugno. E poi fece una cosa che mi lasciò ancora più di sasso. Mi baciò.”

“Eravamo più o meno centonovantanove contro uno. Feci la cosa più naturale di tutte. Attaccai.”

“Le famiglie sono un disastro. E le famiglie immortali sono un disastro eterno.”

“Quando mi baciò, mi sembrò quasi che il cervello mi si sciogliesse, spargendosi per tutto il corpo.”

“Sette mezzosangue alla chiamata risponderanno. Fuoco o tempesta il mondo cader faranno. Con l’ultimo fiato un giuramento si dovrà mantenere, e alle Porte della Morte, i nemici armati si dovran temere.”

“Sono divisa tra due meravigliosi ragazzi: uno che sta morendo e uno che è il dio della morte.”

“Io sono il tuo miglior amico. Io sono il tuo peggior nemico. Io sono Giano. Il dio delle soglie. Degli inizi. Delle fini. Delle scelte.”

“Andrai a occidente e affronterai il dio che ha voltato le spalle.”

“Qualcuno trovi un apriscatole. Mi si è incastrato un dio nella testa.”

“Parlava di morti, di ricordi e di resurrezioni. Insomma: tutte cose allegre.”

“Io ho detto ciao al barboncino. Anche tu dirai ciao al barboncino. Il barboncino ringhiò. Dissi ciao al barboncino.”

“Quando una persona premurosa (ciao, mamma) cerca di “pulire”

“Il mondo stava crollando e l'unica cosa che contava davvero per me era che fosse viva.”

“I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher”

“Lei riuscì a ridere, e mi fece bene al cuore. Afferrai la spada e andammo a radunare le truppe.”

“La sua armatura di Afrodite era rosa e rossa, coordinata con i suoi vestiti e il suo trucco. Sembrava Barbie Guerriglia nella Jungla.”

“Probabilmente me ne sarei rimasto là tutto il giorno, con lo sguardo perso nella lava a sforzarmi di ricordare il mio nome.”

“Avevo conosciuto un sacco di genitori imbarazzanti, ma Crono, il malvagio re dei Titani che voleva distruggere la civiltà occidentale, be’ ecco… non era il genere di padre che invitavi a parlare del suo lavoro in classe.”

“Gli eroi, d'altro canto, hanno certi privilegi. Possono andare ovunque, sfidare chiunque, purché abbiano il coraggio e la forza di farlo.”

“Frank odiava i pasticcini. Odiava i serpenti. E odiava la propria vita. Non necessariamente in quest’ordine.”

“Hai idea di quanto sia difficile sentirsi una macchinafalco da guerra quando qualcuno ti chiama Super Pollo?”

“Grover restò zitto per un po’. Poi, quando pensavo che stesse per elargirmi un commento profondo e filosofico per tirarmi su, disse: — Mi dai la tua mela?”

“Esiste una sola oscurità e le creature degli Inferi possono usarla come una strada, o una porta.”

“Rischiammo di morire solo sei o sette volte e pensai che non fosse un cattivo risultato.”

“La banda suonava l’inno della scuola, ma era talmente stonata che somigliava a un coro di gatti chiusi in un sacco e pestati con una mazza da baseball di metallo.”

“Chissà se Poseidone mi stava guardando. Avrebbe approvato la mia scelta?”

“Il tipico commiato di fine campo estivo dal tipico centauro della porta accanto.”

“Percy Jackson si trova nell’altro campo. E probabilmente non si ricorda neppure chi è.”

“Non mi importa se è incatenato a una roccia con degli avvoltoi che gli mangiano il fegato, se non ti dà un recapito, non possiamo accettare il pacco… Un dono per l’umanità, fantastico… Sai quanti ne consegniamo, di questi… Oh, lascia perdere. Senti, affidalo a Eris del servizio clienti. Devo andare.”

“Un mezzosangue degli dei maggiori compirà sedici anni, seppur fra guai e dolori.”

“Adoro le riunioni di famiglia. Così intime, con le ghirlande natalizie appese al caminetto, una bella tazza di tè e un detective di Scotland Yard che non vede l’ora di arrestarti.”

“All da cows love Leo.”

“I nomi sono potenti.”

“Essere appena stato inseguito da una gigantesca donna-drago armata di scimitarre avvelenate mi impediva di rilassarmi.”

“I'm Nico di Angelo." - Nico di Angelo”

“O dimostri alla svelta il tuo valore, o soccombi.”

“La vita è preziosa solo perché ha un fine”

“They have gone missing?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, et cetera”

“Hello, Paranoia, My Old Friend”

“Che ne dici di un compromesso? Li ucciderò prima, e se si scopre che erano amichevoli, mi scuserò.”

“Quem olhasse veria o e imaginaria que significava racasso.”

“Vulcano?" Chiese Leo. "Non mi piace nemmeno Star Trek!”

“Percy, let me go" she croaked. "You can't pull me up."
His face was white with effort. She could see in his eyes that he knew it was hopeless.
"Never," he said. He looked up at Nico, fifteen feet above.
"The other side, Nico! We'll see you there. Understand?"
Nico's eyes widened. "But-"
"Lead them!" Percy shouted. "Promise me!"
"I-I will."
Below them, the voice laughed in the darkness. Sacrifices. Beautiful sacrifices to wake the goddess.
Percy tightened his grip on Annabeth's wrist. His face was gaunt, scraped and bloody, his hair dusted with cobwebs, but when he locked eyes with her, she thought he had never looked more handsome.
"We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again."
Only then did she understand what would happen. A one-way trip. A very hard fall.
"As long as we're together," she said.
She heard Nico and Hazel still screaming for help. She saw sunlight far, far above- maybe the last sunlight she would ever see.
Then Percy let go of his ledge, and together, holding hands, he and Annabeth fell into the endless darkness.”

“She raised an eyebrow. "You got something to say to me, Seaweed Brain?"

You'd probably kick my butt."

YouI'd kick your butt."

I brushed the cake off my hands. "When I was at the River Styx, turning invulnerable… Nico said I had to concentrate on one thing that kept me anchored to the world, that made me want to stay mortal."

Annabeth kept her eyes on the horizon. "Yeah?"

Then up on Olympus," I said, "when they wanted to make me a god and stuff, I kept thinking-"

Oh, you so wanted to."

Well, maybe a little. But I didn't, because I thought-I didn't want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. And I was thinking…" My throat felt really dry.

Anyone in particular?" Annabeth asked, her voice soft.

I looked over and saw that she was trying not to smile.

You're laughing at me," I complained.

I am not!"

You arenot making this easy."

Then she laughed for real, and she put her hands
around my neck. "I am never, going to make things easy for you, Seaweed Brain. Get used to it.”

“Correct." Kekrops sounded bitter, like he regretted his decision. "My people were the original Athenians--the gemini."
"Like your zodiac sign?" Percy asked. "I'm a Leo."
"No, stupid," Leo said. "I'm a Leo. You're a Percy.”

“Tell the sun and stars hello for me.”

“The eidolons started pounding on the door.
'Who is it?' Leo called.
'Valdez!'
'Valdez who?”

“Percy smiled at her - that sarcastic troublemaker smile that had annoyed her for years but eventually had become endearing. His sea-green eyes were as gorgeous as she remembered. His dark hair was swept to one side, like he'd just come from a walk on the beach. He looked even better than he had six months ago - tanner and taller, leaner and more muscular.

Percy threw his arms around her. They kissed and for a moment nothing else mattered. An asteroid could have hit the planet and wiped out all life, and Annabeth wouldn't have cared.”

“You drool when you sleep.”

“The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”

“Percy: Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?
Annabeth: Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see.”

“Hercules, huh? Percy frowned. "That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.”

“This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.”

“And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.”

“Annabeth, you know Morse code?” “Of course.” “So does Leo.” Piper handed her the mirror. “He’ll be watching from the ship. Go to the ridge—” “And flash him!” Annabeth’s face reddened. “That came out wrong. But yeah, good idea.”

“Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?"
"Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?"
"Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.”

“What if it lines up like it did in the Trojan War… Athena versus Poseidon?"
"I don't know. But I just know that I'll be fighting next to you."
"Why?"
"Because you're my friend, Seaweed Brain. Any more stupid questions?”

“Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up.
"You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together."
"You aregoing to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?"
"You would've done the same for me."
It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod.”

“[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that.”

“It's okay,” he said. “We're together.” He didn't say, or. After all they'd been through over the last year, he knew that the most important thing was that they were together. She loved him for saying that.”

“I'm calm," Rachel insisted. "Every time I'm around you, some monsters attack us. What's to be nervous about?"
"Look," I said. "I'm sorry about the band room. I hope they didn't kick you our or anything."
"Nah. They asked me a lot of questions about you. I played dumb."
"Was it hard?" Annabeth asked.”

“She glanced at the minotaur horn in my hands, then back at me. I imagined she was going to say, oror something like that.
Instead she said, "You drool when you sleep.”

“This is Leo. I'm the… What's my title? Am I like, admiral, or captain, or…"
"Repair boy."
"Very funny, Piper.”

“I had a crush on Percy," Nico spat. "That's the truth. That's the big secret.”

“Vulcan?" Leo demanded. "I don't even LIKE Star Trek!”

“Nothing is more tragic than loving someone to the depths of your soul and knowing they cannot and will not ever love you back.”

“If you ever leave me again,’ she said, her eyes stinging, ‘I swear to all the gods-‘
Percy had the nerve to laugh. Suddenly the lump of heated emotions melted inside Annabeth.
‘Consider me warned,’ Percy said. ‘I missed you, too.”

“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.”

“The real world is where the monsters are.”

“Dreams like a podcast,
Downloading truth in my ears.
They tell me cool stuff."
"Apollo?" I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.
He put his finger to his lips. "I'm incognito. Call me Fred."
"A god named Fred?”

“It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.”